Being Too Busy

As they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. — read the full passage →

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. — read the full passage →

Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress. — read the full passage →

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house. — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety.

As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, ‘Guard this man! If by any means he be missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’ — read the full passage →

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

As they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished.

Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:

Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? — read the full passage →

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies. — read the full passage →

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don’t have enough. You drink, but you aren’t filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it.”

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; — read the full passage →

Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Then he said to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.

But what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in king’s houses.

Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Yahweh, will hasten it in its time.”

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn’t keep warm. — read the full passage →

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Yahweh, your God, is in your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

Bathsheba went in to the king into the room. The king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

who testified to God’s word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, greets you; and so does Mark, my son.

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way.

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;